Predictions that came true and shocked history

Human history is full of strangeness and surprises. There are many prophecies that were made in the past and later came true . 

Cold War

French philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville visited America in the early 19th century. After his trip, he wrote the famous book De La Démocratie en Amérique (Democracy in America). In this book, he predicted the competition between the United States and the Soviet Union, arguing that one day the two countries would control the fate of half the world.

'In the future there will be two great powers in the world, they have many different characteristics but they are both aiming at the same goal of dominating the rest of the world. Therefore these two countries will focus on developing military power to be able to hold their own destiny as well as the world', wrote Mr. Alexis de Tocqueville in "Democracy in America" .

Alexis de Tocqueville also saw problems that could arise from the different ideologies between the United States and the Soviet Union, arguing that the two countries would have inevitable clashes.

100 years later, the competition between the US and the Soviet Union turned into the Cold War, an arms race occurred, especially nuclear weapons, between these two powers.

Nowadays, Wi-Fi and internet connection have become popular globally. (Illustration photo).

Wi-Fi, mobile phones and internet

Serbian-American scientist Nikola Tesla was not only a scientist, but also an outstanding inventor, who made accurate predictions about the advancement of technology beyond his time.

In a 1909 interview with the New York Times, Nikola Tesla predicted the invention of Wi-Fi and cell phones.

"It will soon be possible to transmit wireless messages around the world so simply that any individual can own and operate his own device," Nikola Tesla told the New York Times.

In another interview in 1929, Nikola Tesla also predicted the birth of the Internet more than 50 years before it became a reality.

"When wireless technology is perfectly applied, the whole earth will turn into a giant brain. We will be able to communicate with each other instantly, regardless of the distance ," said Nikola Tesla.

Spacecraft landing on the moon

In 1865, French science fiction writer Jules Verne predicted the Apollo landing on the Moon. His prediction took place more than 100 years before the event came true.

Accordingly, in the short story 'From the Earth to the Moon ', the story tells about the first journey of mankind to the Moon. In the story, author Jules Verne outlined many details that later became true.

In his book, Mr. Jules Verne said that the launch took place in Florida (USA). Florida is the home of the Kennedy Space Center. Here, the Apollo-11 spacecraft was launched into space carrying three American astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and McKolins, on a mission to travel to the Earth's only satellite on July 16, 1969.

It would have been hard for Jules Verne to make any of these connections in 1865. Jules Verne's story details the Apollo spacecraft's journey, the astronauts' numbers, the state of weightlessness. with astonishing accuracy.

Author Jules Verne also wrote several other famous science books such as "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" (1870) and "Around the World in Eighty Days" (1872).

Astronaut Neil Armstrong plants the American flag on the surface of the Moon. (Photo: NASA)

Organ transplant

Robert Boyle is considered one of the founders of modern chemistry, instrumental in founding the Royal Society, now the UK's national academy of sciences.

In his personal diary entries from the 1660s, Robert Boyle predicted organ transplants. " There will be healing at a distance or at least by transplantation ," he wrote.

The first organ transplant took place in 1954, some 300 years after Robert Boyle's prediction.